Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Someone planted loads of sunflowers along an otherwise barren bit of land by the flats on Englefield road, N1.
They span a whole block and look beautiful.
A welcome sight on my walk to the studio of a morning!

Monday, 18 October 2010

Found this old photo taken by Yee Ting in the shop last year, she takes a lovely photo!
The daylight is fading, its getting dark earlier & earlier & we will be into the winter months...then CHRISTMAS.
On the Wall Camilla Engman & Alexander Girard.

Gavin Turk has created 15 bicycles in homage to André Cadere’s Barres de Bois Rond (poles of cylindrical, multi-coloured wooden blocks)
They are available to ride around the inner circle of Regent’s Park, apon your return you will receive a signed certificate from Turk that declares you as a work of art!

Thursday, 7 October 2010

We went to see this last night, a documentary by Winstan Whitter.
The old footage is fantastic, the ending sad & made me angry.
I didn't know that so many important musicians had played in Dalston Lane, the building was of historic importance, but hey, its gone & now a block of flats is in its place!
See here for a taster, or go to the Hackney Museum to see an exhibit . .

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Katy Hackney and Jane Petrie are co-owners of Shelf, a small shop in East London which opened its actual doors from 2001 to 2011.The virtual doors opened in 2009.

Always finding it difficult to explain the concept of the shop, this blog seemed like a good way of trying to answer that question; an exploration of things that interest Katy and Jane.Shelf itself sits somewhere in the middle of all this.